FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3) AND (c)
FILE NUMBER 333-61413
SIXTEENTH PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 24, 1998
4,185,124 SHARES
LYCOS, INC.
COMMON STOCK
This Sixteenth Prospectus Supplement (the "Fifteenth Prospectus Supplement")
supplements the Prospectus dated August 24, 1998 (the "Prospectus"), the
Prospectus Supplement dated September 15, 1998 (the "First Prospectus
Supplement"), the Second Prospectus Supplement dated October 28, 1998 (the
"Second Prospectus Supplement"), the Third Prospectus Supplement dated November
12, 1998 (the "Third Prospectus Supplement"), the Fourth Prospectus Supplement
dated November 18, 1998 (the "Fourth Prospectus Supplement"), the Fifth
Prospectus Supplement dated November 19, 1998 (the "Fifth Prospectus
Supplement"), the Sixth Prospectus Supplement dated December 1, 1998 (the "Sixth
Prospectus Supplement"), the Seventh Prospectus Supplement dated December 2,
1998 (the "Seventh Prospectus Supplement"), the Eighth Prospectus Supplement
dated December 4, 1998 (the "Eighth Prospectus Supplement"), the Ninth
Supplement dated December 21, 1998 (the "Ninth Prospectus Supplement"), the
Tenth Prospectus Supplement dated December 28, 1998 (the "Tenth Prospectus
Supplement"), the Eleventh Prospectus Supplement dated January 14, 1999 (the
"Eleventh Prospectus"), the Twelfth Prospectus Supplement dated February 12,
1999 (the "Twelfth Prospectus Supplement"), the Thirteenth Prospectus Supplement
dated March 2, 1999 (the "Thirteenth Prospectus Supplement"), the Fourteenth
Prospectus Supplement dated March 25, 1999 (the "Fourteenth Prospectus
Supplement") and the Fifteenth Prospectus Supplement dated April 27, 1999 (the
"Fifteenth Prospectus") of Lycos, Inc. ("Lycos" or the "Company") relating to
the public offering, which is not being underwritten, and sale of up to
4,185,124 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Shares") of
the Company, which may be offered and sold from time to time by certain
stockholders of the Company or by pledgees, donees, transferees or other
successors in interest that receive such shares as a gift, partnership
distribution or other non-sale related transfer (the "Selling Stockholders").
The Company will receive no part of the proceeds of such sales. The Shares were
originally issued or reserved for issuance by the Company in connection with the
Company's acquisition of WhoWhere? Inc., a California corporation, by and
through a merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lycos, What Acquisition Corp.,
with and into WhoWhere? Inc. (the "Acquisition"). The "Selling Stockholders"
Section of the Prospectus, the First Prospectus Supplement, the Second
Prospectus Supplement, the Third Prospectus Supplement, the Fourth Prospectus
Supplement, the Fifth Prospectus Supplement, the Sixth Prospectus Supplement,
the Seventh Prospectus Supplement, the Eighth Prospectus Supplement, the Ninth
Prospectus Supplement, the Tenth
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Prospectus Supplement, the Eleventh Prospectus Supplement, the Twelfth
Prospectus Supplement, the Thirteenth Prospectus Supplement, the Fourteenth
Prospectus Supplement and the Fifteenth Prospectus Supplement are hereby
supplemented to reflect the gift made by Jeremy Jaech & Linda Jaech JTTEN to
United Way of King County in the amount of 2,150 shares after the date of the
Prospectus, the First Prospectus Supplement, the Second Prospectus Supplement,
the Third Prospectus Supplement, the Fourth Prospectus Supplement, the Fifth
Prospectus Supplement, the Sixth Prospectus Supplement, the Seventh Prospectus
Supplement, the Eighth Prospectus Supplement, the Ninth Prospectus Supplement,
the Tenth Prospectus Supplement, the Eleventh Prospectus Supplement, the Twelfth
Prospectus Supplement, the Thirteenth Prospectus Supplement, the Fourteenth
Prospectus Supplement and the Fifteenth Prospectus Supplement. This Sixteenth
Prospectus Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus, the
First Prospectus Supplement, the Second Prospectus Supplement, the Third
Prospectus Supplement, the Fourth Prospectus Supplement, the Fifth Prospectus
Supplement, the Sixth Prospectus Supplement, the Seventh Prospectus Supplement,
the Eighth Prospectus Supplement, the Ninth Prospectus Supplement, the Tenth
Prospectus Supplement, the Eleventh Prospectus Supplement, the Twelfth
Prospectus Supplement, the Thirteenth Prospectus Supplement, the Fourteenth
Prospectus Supplement and the Fifteenth Prospectus Supplement, and is qualified
by reference to the Prospectus, the First Prospectus Supplement, the Second
Prospectus Supplement, the Third Prospectus Supplement, the Fourth Prospectus
Supplement, the Fifth Prospectus Supplement, the Sixth Prospectus Supplement,
the Seventh Prospectus Supplement, the Eighth Prospectus Supplement, the Ninth
Prospectus Supplement, the Tenth Prospectus Supplement, the Eleventh Prospectus
Supplement, the Twelfth Prospectus Supplement, the Thirteenth Prospectus
Supplement, the Fourteenth Prospectus Supplement and the Fifteenth Prospectus
Supplement, except to the extent that the information herein contained
supersedes the information contained in the Prospectus, the First Prospectus
Supplement, the Second Prospectus Supplement, the Third Prospectus Supplement,
the Fourth Prospectus Supplement, the Fifth Prospectus Supplement, the Sixth
Prospectus Supplement, the Seventh Prospectus Supplement, the Eighth Prospectus
Supplement, the Ninth Prospectus Supplement, the Tenth Prospectus Supplement,
the Eleventh Prospectus Supplement, the Twelfth Prospectus, the Thirteenth
Prospectus Supplement, the Fourteenth Prospectus Supplement and the Fifteenth
Prospectus Supplement. Capitalized terms used in this Sixteenth Prospectus
Supplement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the
Prospectus.
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THE DATE OF THIS SIXTEENTH PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS JUNE 16, 1999
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
On June 8, 1999, two thousand one hundred fifty (2,150) of the Shares
beneficially owned by Jeremy Jaech & Linda Jaech JTTEN reflected in the
Prospectus and the supplements thereto were gifted to the United Way of King
County. The table of Selling Stockholders in the Prospectus and the supplements
thereto are hereby amended to reflect such gift and supplemented to specifically
include Shares received in such gift.
